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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 08:21 PM
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in system information my pc says i have a 20gb h/d but ive just had a message that drive is full, looked in my computer and it says its 1.99gb????????? any ideas?
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 08:26 PM
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Hard drive space or PC memory?
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 08:36 PM
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h/d space
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 08:40 PM
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Start>Control panel>Administrative tools>Computer Management>Storage>Disk Management

That will show you how big the drive is, and if it's got any hidden partitions.

What does it say?
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 08:46 PM
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its running 98 so them instructions dont work lol
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 08:48 PM
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Start>Control panel>Administrative tools>Computer Management>Storage>Disk Management

Or goto my computer and right click on the HDD and select properties.
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Danny@RADesigns
its running 98 so them instructions dont work lol
It's running what??? LOL

Fuck knows then mate.

ST Racer, that won't show what's partitioned
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 09:15 PM
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Oooh, try this:

Every once in a while, especially if your computer crashes, you may notice that Windows does't calculate the amount of free space on a drive accurately. For example, if you have 800 megabytes of data on a 1 gigabyte disk (not counting slack space), Windows might actually report that the drive is full. To repair this problem, do the following:


Run Scandisk (scandskw.exe in Windows, scandisk.exe in DOS). If there is a discrepancy, it will be fixed.

Note: this will only resolve the temporary discrepancy - it won't eradicate the bug.
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 09:25 PM
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ST Racer, that won't show what's partitioned
aaah sorry, thought you was trying to show the HDD size and free space.
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 09:32 PM
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FDISK is your friend, that will show you the partitions/available space
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